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**67cheby** · 03-01-2011, 10:52 AM

looking great

drewskiren · 03-01-2011, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by FL71C10

Truck's coming along nicely. This is the time when you lose your audience at home bacause it's not as exciting as the early work where they can see huge visible leaps every day or week. Nice work on all the engineering! I thought you couldn't weld these newer frames because of the kind of steel they use?

Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the compliments. The frames on 99 -06 are just mild steel from everything I have read. They are Hydroformed, but that is only the process for shaping them. I welded the front section of my donor vehicle and have driven it over 10,000 miles in 1 year and it was still going strong - until I stole the engine out of it last week.

(joey) · 03-01-2011, 07:10 PM

after seeing your 4 link setup i think im going to scrap my idea.looks great

drewskiren · 03-01-2011, 10:28 PM

Done with that.

Moving on to exhaust, and since I won't need these round canister things on a 72 pickup, off they come.

67chevy1series · 03-01-2011, 10:55 PM

whats taking forever with getting the axle in?

VA72C10 · 03-01-2011, 11:49 PM

I'm guessing you can get pretty good money for those cats...

drewskiren · 03-02-2011, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by VA72C10

I'm guessing you can get pretty good money for those cats...

75 bucks each. Yeah baby ! (said in your best Austin Powers impersonation voice)

drewskiren · 03-02-2011, 01:34 AM

OK, done with that too.

70LonghornCST · 03-02-2011, 01:52 AM

WOW! I think you found your new calling in life. Excellent work!

VA72C10 · 03-02-2011, 01:57 AM

Nice work! Are you going to paint it? Maybe a high heat black? Everything else is so purdy

brn agn · 03-02-2011, 08:07 AM

Nice work Drew! How are you going to prevent a check engine light since the catalytic converters are gone? O2 simulators?

coggonobrien · 03-02-2011, 08:25 AM

reprogram would be more effective

**Hart_Rod** · 03-02-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by drewskiren

75 bucks each. Yeah baby ! (said in your best Austin Powers impersonation voice)

Sweet! Where at? Salvage yard?

drewskiren · 03-02-2011, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Sweet! Where at? Salvage yard?

I Googled scrap dealers in Memphis and called around. Also I have run a Craigslist ad for parting out a vehicle and they called me. They offered a lower price of course when they called me.

**Hart_Rod** · 03-02-2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by drewskiren

I Googled scrap dealers in Memphis and called around. Also I have run a Craigslist ad for parting out a vehicle and they called me. They offered a lower price of course when they called me.

I've got 4 of them I need to get rid of so I'll search around. Truck is coming along nicely BTW. As soon as your done with it, I'll send mine up there to be finished.....

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drewskiren · 03-02-2011, 11:05 AM

I have a question for anyone who has good info. How much louder will the truck be without the cats? I can listen to sound clips from Magnaflow, etc., but they all are cat back systems. I don't want much rumble and certainly don't want any drone in the cab. Any thoughts on a cat-less quiet-ish muffler?

VA72C10 · 03-02-2011, 12:22 PM

Well, the extended length of the truck will help and if you have the exhaust exit out the back or behind the rear axle at least that will help a lot with noise. I have heard magnaflow are great for having a mellow sound w/out the cab drone you can get with flowmasters. The way your exhaust comes together will also help mellow out the sound...I'd put the muffler as far back as I could....

jbclassix · 03-02-2011, 12:25 PM

no difference really

drewskiren · 03-02-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by VA72C10

Well, the extended length of the truck will help and if you have the exhaust exit out the back or behind the rear axle at least that will help a lot with noise. I have heard magnaflow are great for having a mellow sound w/out the cab drone you can get with flowmasters. The way your exhaust comes together will also help mellow out the sound...I'd put the muffler as far back as I could....

With all my rear air and lowering I think I will have to have a single in/out muffler and exhaust exit in front of my rear wheel. Any factory mufflers that somebody likes?

**67cheby** · 03-02-2011, 01:03 PM

that is exactly what i did on my exhaust

JasonBird · 03-02-2011, 01:10 PM

i think the 5.0 mustangs had the perfect stock exhaust tone. that's what i'm going to try and get for my 67.

**Palf70Step** · 03-02-2011, 06:33 PM

Why not use the stock Vortec muffler from 96-up dual in and single out. Fairly efficient and mellow

68 TT · 03-02-2011, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Why not use the stock Vortec muffler from 96-up dual in and single out. Fairly efficient and mellow

Along the same lines, why not go with a stock 2002 truck muffler since you have that theme going already.

Off the shelf replacement mufflers should give you some choice of sound level and they will all be relatively the same size so swapping one for another will be a piece of cake.

You probably have a stock one or two sitting around that you can build the exhaust system around to get you started.

ERASER5 · 03-02-2011, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by drewskiren

OK, done with that too.

I'll bet that was exhausting!

Dinos63 · 03-02-2011, 09:59 PM

NICE JOB!!

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03-01-2011, 07:10 PM	#703
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03-01-2011, 10:28 PM	#704
drewskiren Lucky Teter at the wheel Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,896	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. Done with that. Moving on to exhaust, and since I won't need these round canister things on a 72 pickup, off they come. Attached Images __________________ Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!

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03-01-2011, 11:49 PM	#706
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,269	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. I'm guessing you can get pretty good money for those cats... __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

03-02-2011, 01:34 AM	#708
drewskiren Lucky Teter at the wheel Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,896	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. OK, done with that too. Attached Images __________________ Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife!

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03-02-2011, 01:57 AM	#710
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,269	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. Nice work! Are you going to paint it? Maybe a high heat black? Everything else is so purdy __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

03-02-2011, 08:07 AM	#711
brn agn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 952	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. Nice work Drew! How are you going to prevent a check engine light since the catalytic converters are gone? O2 simulators? __________________ 1969 C10 SWB Project Charity Case AKA "Roscoe" 1971 Cheyenne Super A Combined Effort The Service Station-A practical ministry for those in need

03-02-2011, 08:25 AM	#712
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03-02-2011, 11:05 AM	#716
drewskiren Lucky Teter at the wheel Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,896	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. I have a question for anyone who has good info. How much louder will the truck be without the cats? I can listen to sound clips from Magnaflow, etc., but they all are cat back systems. I don't want much rumble and certainly don't want any drone in the cab. Any thoughts on a cat-less quiet-ish muffler? __________________ Drew YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!) The Bride is currently under the knife! Last edited by drewskiren; 03-02-2011 at 11:05 AM.

03-02-2011, 12:22 PM	#717
VA72C10 VA72C10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 25,269	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. Well, the extended length of the truck will help and if you have the exhaust exit out the back or behind the rear axle at least that will help a lot with noise. I have heard magnaflow are great for having a mellow sound w/out the cab drone you can get with flowmasters. The way your exhaust comes together will also help mellow out the sound...I'd put the muffler as far back as I could.... __________________ Looking for a 67-72 swb or blazer project in or around VA.

03-02-2011, 12:25 PM	#718
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03-02-2011, 01:03 PM	#720
67cheby 67cheby Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: siloam springs ar 72761 Posts: 17,890	Re: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN The truck Chevrolet should have built. that is exactly what i did on my exhaust __________________ Check out Slosh Tubz, bolt-in inner fenders for frame laying C-10's Slosh Tubz Introductory Price $559 67 Cheby's Dropmember Build Thread Slosh Tubz on Facebook http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=554172

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